BACOLOD City – In Barangay Zone 2, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, police found suspected shabu during a search on Wednesday.
Live-in partners Stephanie Nene, 28, and Jeric Majarucon Cornel, 41, were arrested at around 8:30 p.m., said Chief Inspector Rocky Desear, Cadiz police head.
Police search the house on the strength of a warrant that Judge Joanne Frances Nifras of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (Cadiz City) issued against Nene.
Officers recovered a canister of suspected shabu inserted in Nene’s underwear.
Later the suspect pointed to a pouch in their room that contained 17 plastic packs of the same substance with varying sizes.
The City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cadiz City police station placed the market value of the confiscated suspected shabu at P200,000.
It was learned that Nene has previously been arrested for the same offense in Barangay Zone 4, also in Cadiz City.
Detained at the Cadiz City police station, Nene and Cornel were charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
